How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft
Written by Edward Jay Epstein
Narrated by Michael Bybee
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After details of American government surveillance were published in 2013, Edward Snowden, formerly a subcontracted IT analyst for the NSA, became the center of an international controversy: Was he a hero, traitor, whistle-blower, spy? Was his theft legitimized by the nature of the information he exposed? When is it necessary for governmental transparency to give way to subterfuge? Edward Jay Epstein brings a lifetime of journalistic and investigative acumen to bear on these and other questions, delving into both how our secrets were taken and the man who took them. He makes clear that by outsourcing parts of our security apparatus, the government has made classified information far more vulnerable; how Snowden sought employment precisely where he could most easily gain access to the most sensitive classified material; and how, though he claims to have acted to serve his country, Snowden is treated as a prized intelligence asset in Moscow, his new home.
From the Hardcover edition.
Edward Jay Epstein
I studied government at Cornell and Harvard, and received a Ph.D from Harvard in 1973. My master's thesis on the search for political truth ("Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth" and my doctoral dissertation ("News From Nowhere") were both published as books. I taught political science at MIT and UCLA. I have now written 14 books. My website www.edwardjayepstein.com)
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Reviews for How America Lost Its Secrets
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Snowden took 0 profit from his findings, he could have sold out to any country yet he did not. The author is trying to discredit Snowden with here-say and rumor. He is simply following government the "party line". Snowden himself (& our founding fathers) say it best
“our founding fathers said he who would sacrifice essential Liberty for little temporary
safety deserves neither and won't get them either this is very much what we are waking up to the idea that in many ways the public has lost their seat at the table of government” - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5A lot of speculations instead of facts and evidence. Not worth spending time on this.
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